Questionable officiating, reviews take spotlight

Indiana's Lynch isn't the only one scratching his head over calls, reviews

Nov. 2, 2009

Written by

Terry Hutchens
terry.hutchens@indystar.com

Upon further review, booth reviews were plentiful in Big Ten action Saturday.

Indiana had two touchdowns erased in its 42-24 loss to then-No. 7 Iowa. On one play, the booth upheld the call on the field that the receiver was out of bounds. On the other, the booth reversed the call on the field that Terrance Turner had one foot inbounds and had scored a touchdown.

IU coach Bill Lynch was animated throughout the game but didn't rip the officials in the postgame news conference. Big Ten coaches who have criticized officiating in the past have been fined $10,000, making such criticism rare. ...